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I have a Sharp CV-P10MX portable air conditioner. Today I

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I have a Sharp CV-P10MX portable air conditioner. Today I can't get it to drain by shutting it off, removing the grommet, turning the drain to on and hitting the power button twice. I can only get it to drain from the bottom, seasonal drain. How can I get the power drain to work again?

In that case the rest of the unit is most likely good, and the problem is just a bad solenoid valve in the automatic drain... are you good with fixing appliances and do you have a multi meter.

If so you have about a 50% chance of repairing it if we can find the part... its about a 2 hour job not counting the time it takes to locate the part.

If you end up having to take it in for repairs, costs will generally range from $250 to $350 if we can find a repair shop that handles those units near you... there is about a 10% chance of that. Sharp does not make those units particularly easy to repair.. many shops will not work on them for that reason.

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